It's Summertime Again, Same Old Same Old
Three men shot to death over weekend
By BRAD KELLAR
Herald-Banner Staff
Three local men were shot to death during the past weekend, and police department officials were calling on the public to help provide information on the murders.
Greenville Police Chief Harold Roseberry also pleaded for calm from those who had been impacted by the shootings.
"We are asking for the families of the victims to use restraint and let us do our jobs," Roseberry said.
The three homicides were part of a string of violent offenses which had been recorded by the police department since a shooting was reported on the evening of June 25. The third shooting death which occurred over the weekend, a Sunday afternoon murder in the 1800 block of Wellington Street, may have been tied into the first shooting, as the victim was the prime suspect in the earlier case.
In the wake of the killings, Roseberry issued a public statement, asking anyone with information regarding the crimes to come forward and aid in the investigation.
"The weekend saw three lives taken, destroying not only the lives of the families of those who were killed, but also greatly impacting the lives of those who will be brought to trial for the needless, and pointless acts," Roseberry said. "It is with grief and sorrow that we see these young peoples' lives destroyed in such a senseless manner."
While investigators have stopped short of saying that a total of five shooting incidents and two stabbings during the past week were directly related, they said they could not completely rule out the possibility until additional information is obtained.
"We're just taking everything that happened and looking at it," Roseberry told the Herald-Banner. "We're taking every piece of information that we can get."
The police department released a list of events, but provided few details of each, noting all of the incidents were still open investigations. All of the victims had Greenville addresses.
- The list began with the June 25 shooting in the 1800 block of Wellington in which a man had been shot in the upper right hip. The police statement indicated the victim gave detectives false information about who had shot him and where the offense took place.
- At approximately 11:20 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a call of a man having been shot at a home in the 3400 block of Henderson Street and discovered David Olivarez, 32, had been shot once in the upper right chest. Several people were reported to have been living in the house and Olivarez was said to have been sitting in the living room, when someone fired through a glass door on one side of the room. Olivarez was taken to Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville where he was pronounced dead early Saturday morning. An inquest was conducted and the body was transported to the Dallas County Medical Examiners office for an autopsy.
- At approximately 12:19 a.m. Sunday, officers received a call of a gunshot victim in the 1400 block of Beauchamp and arrived to find 30-year-old Carlton Collier had been shot in the head. Collier was transported in critical condition to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, but was later pronounced dead.
Lt. William Cole with the Criminal Investigations Division said it is possible that Collier was caught in a crossfire.
"There were multiple gunshots fired from two different locations," Cole said.
- At about 1 a.m. Sunday, the emergency room at Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville contacted the police department about a man being treated for multiple stab wounds.
"I can't say whether that is inter-related or not," Cole said.
- Later that morning, police officers were called to another location after receiving information about a second stabbing victim. The victim reportedly declined treatment and refused to provide information as to who stabbed him.
- At 4:28 p.m. Sunday, the police department received a call of shooting victim in the 1800 block of Wellington Street. Officers found Cordarien Kelly, 19, who had been shot several times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Kelly's body was likewise transported to the Dallas County Medical Examiners office for an autopsy.
Kelly was reported to have been the suspect in the June 25 shooting in the 1800 block of Wellington and a warrant for his arrest was outstanding at the time of his death.
- Officers were still on the scene on Wellington Street when another shooting was reported. In this case, a residence in the 1800 block of Utilis was the target.
"There were people living there, but they were not at home at the time," Cole said.
"I don't really know what started all the shooting off," Roseberry said. "Crack cocaine has been recovered during this investigation."
In his statement, Roseberry pledged that the probes into all of the cases will continue.
"We will work as quickly as possible to complete our investigation and will continue until those that are responsible are brought to justice," Roseberry said.
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By BRAD KELLAR
Herald-Banner Staff
Three local men were shot to death during the past weekend, and police department officials were calling on the public to help provide information on the murders.
Greenville Police Chief Harold Roseberry also pleaded for calm from those who had been impacted by the shootings.
"We are asking for the families of the victims to use restraint and let us do our jobs," Roseberry said.
The three homicides were part of a string of violent offenses which had been recorded by the police department since a shooting was reported on the evening of June 25. The third shooting death which occurred over the weekend, a Sunday afternoon murder in the 1800 block of Wellington Street, may have been tied into the first shooting, as the victim was the prime suspect in the earlier case.
In the wake of the killings, Roseberry issued a public statement, asking anyone with information regarding the crimes to come forward and aid in the investigation.
"The weekend saw three lives taken, destroying not only the lives of the families of those who were killed, but also greatly impacting the lives of those who will be brought to trial for the needless, and pointless acts," Roseberry said. "It is with grief and sorrow that we see these young peoples' lives destroyed in such a senseless manner."
While investigators have stopped short of saying that a total of five shooting incidents and two stabbings during the past week were directly related, they said they could not completely rule out the possibility until additional information is obtained.
"We're just taking everything that happened and looking at it," Roseberry told the Herald-Banner. "We're taking every piece of information that we can get."
The police department released a list of events, but provided few details of each, noting all of the incidents were still open investigations. All of the victims had Greenville addresses.
- The list began with the June 25 shooting in the 1800 block of Wellington in which a man had been shot in the upper right hip. The police statement indicated the victim gave detectives false information about who had shot him and where the offense took place.
- At approximately 11:20 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a call of a man having been shot at a home in the 3400 block of Henderson Street and discovered David Olivarez, 32, had been shot once in the upper right chest. Several people were reported to have been living in the house and Olivarez was said to have been sitting in the living room, when someone fired through a glass door on one side of the room. Olivarez was taken to Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville where he was pronounced dead early Saturday morning. An inquest was conducted and the body was transported to the Dallas County Medical Examiners office for an autopsy.
- At approximately 12:19 a.m. Sunday, officers received a call of a gunshot victim in the 1400 block of Beauchamp and arrived to find 30-year-old Carlton Collier had been shot in the head. Collier was transported in critical condition to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, but was later pronounced dead.
Lt. William Cole with the Criminal Investigations Division said it is possible that Collier was caught in a crossfire.
"There were multiple gunshots fired from two different locations," Cole said.
- At about 1 a.m. Sunday, the emergency room at Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville contacted the police department about a man being treated for multiple stab wounds.
"I can't say whether that is inter-related or not," Cole said.
- Later that morning, police officers were called to another location after receiving information about a second stabbing victim. The victim reportedly declined treatment and refused to provide information as to who stabbed him.
- At 4:28 p.m. Sunday, the police department received a call of shooting victim in the 1800 block of Wellington Street. Officers found Cordarien Kelly, 19, who had been shot several times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Kelly's body was likewise transported to the Dallas County Medical Examiners office for an autopsy.
Kelly was reported to have been the suspect in the June 25 shooting in the 1800 block of Wellington and a warrant for his arrest was outstanding at the time of his death.
- Officers were still on the scene on Wellington Street when another shooting was reported. In this case, a residence in the 1800 block of Utilis was the target.
"There were people living there, but they were not at home at the time," Cole said.
"I don't really know what started all the shooting off," Roseberry said. "Crack cocaine has been recovered during this investigation."
In his statement, Roseberry pledged that the probes into all of the cases will continue.
"We will work as quickly as possible to complete our investigation and will continue until those that are responsible are brought to justice," Roseberry said.
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About 10 yeras ago I was in a small town in Alberta.
I asked the owner of a bar what was big news there.
He thought for a while and said, "Well, in 1912 the
plumber went mad and strangled his wife."
We had been visiting a friend there and noticed there
weren't any locks on the doors - keys were always in
the ignitions.
I guess those days are long gone here, eh?
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There ain't no cure for the summertime blues.
Got Guns?0 -
Not here.
No doors locked, ever.
Keys in all the rigs.
But, we have to put up with ugly(non-GB related) women, lots of feet of rain and a commie government.
Doug0 -
Cain't wait ta git thar!
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" About 10 yeras ago I was in a small town in Alberta.
I asked the owner of a bar what was big news there.
He thought for a while and said, "Well, in 1912 the
plumber went mad and strangled his wife."
We had been visiting a friend there and noticed there
weren't any locks on the doors - keys were always in
the ignitions.
I guess those days are long gone here, eh?"
Not necessarily gone. Just compare the racial/ethnic makeup of Alberta to the racial/ethnic makeup of Texas.0
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